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Catalog Search Tips
Knowing how the catalog works enables you to find the most relevant materials available. Use some of these tips below for a well constructed search.
| SEARCH TYPE | WHAT TO ENTER | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Phrase Search | Multiple words placed in quotes " " are searched together as a phrase in exact order as entered. | "aerobic dance" |
| Truncation | Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation. Use a question mark for an unknown character within a word. | environment* polic*
fyodor dost** wom?n |
| Operators | Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. | (annotated bibliography) and child* (alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation) |
| Proximity | Use "near" to specify words close to each other in any order. Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other. | California near university
america within 3 econom* |
| Fields | To search specific field(s), use a field abbreviation: a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and n: (note.) | (a:twain) and (t:huck*) (a:united and a:states) and (s:handicapped or s:disabled) |
RightResults
RightResults bring the best results to the very top and to subdivide the remaining results based on relevance. Search results appear in up to 5 groups depending on search results.
Most relevant titles contains the most relevant results; the very small number of titles where the primary title contains the search as a phrase (for example, Good To Great).
Highly relevant titles contains the next most relevant results, the "Best Bets". The items in it are weighted more heavily because of where and how the terms appear in the record (for example, Paralegal success : going from good to great in the new century).
Very relevant titles contains results that would have been found doing an adjacency search, but those deemed less relevant than the first group (for example, Coaching, mentoring, and managing that has the phrase "good to great" in the summary).
Relevant titles includes some AND results, but still contains items weighted more heavily because of where and how the terms appear in the record (for example, Ageless : what every woman needs to know to look good and feel great).
Other relevant titles contains the remaining results matching the search (for example, 100% pure Florida fiction : an anthology that has "great" in the contents and "good" and "to" in the summary).
All groups display in order defined by your default Keyword sort order (Alpha/Date/Relevance).
If no results are found in these groups, the system falls back to an OR search as in the current Keyword options.
Note that searching against a keyword slice (for example, including author:twain in your query) is interpreted as a power search and automatically bypasses RightResults to present the results in a single group, sorted by the default or your chosen sort order. You can add this information to any help pages or instructional materials which discuss searching against a keyword slice.